Nixon White House Tapes › Tape 19 › Conversation 019-068

Kissinger phone call on Tricia Nixon Cox and Pat Nixon

Tuesday, January 25, 1972 · 8:55 PM–10:03 PM ET · White House Telephone · 18 sec

ParticipantsWhite House operator; Kissinger, Henry A.Conversation019-068 on Tape 19StartTuesday, January 25, 1972 at 8:55 PMEndTuesday, January 25, 1972 at 10:03 PMRecording deviceWhite House TelephoneSourceNixon Library record for 019-068 ↗

AI Summary

Henry Kissinger and a White House operator coordinated a phone call from Tricia Nixon Cox to First Lady Pat Nixon. Upon learning that the First Lady was unavailable, the operator attempted to connect the call to the President in the Lincoln Sitting Room. The exchange served primarily as a logistical routing effort for the Nixon family's private communications.

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Hello?
Uh, I have Patricia calling Mrs. Nixon.
Is Mrs. Nixon in there?
Uh, no.
She asked me to ring you in here.
Mrs. Nixon?
No, the President is here.
Oh, alright, thank you.

NARA Description

On January 25, 1972, the White House operator and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm. The White House Telephone taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 019-068 of the White House Tapes.

Nixon Library Finding Aid

Conversation No. 19-68

Date: January 25, 1972
Time: Unknown between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm
Location: White House Telephone

The White House operator talked with Henry A. Kissinger.

     Tricia Nixon Cox's call to Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
           -Location
           -The President
                -Lincoln Sitting Room

Also recorded on January 26, 1972

  • 019-064 8:55 PM · 15 sec — Henry A. Kissinger, President Richard M. Nixon, and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 9:21 pm.
  • 019-065 8:55 PM · 8 min — Henry A. Kissinger and Anatoliy F. Dobrynin talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm.
  • 019-066 8:55 PM · 9 sec — the White House operator and Henry A. Kissinger talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm.
  • 019-067 8:55 PM · 5 min — President Richard M. Nixon, Henry A. Kissinger, and H. R. ("Bob") Haldeman talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm.
  • 019-069 8:55 PM · 3 min — Henry A. Kissinger, White House operator, President Richard M. Nixon, Michael M. Marshall, and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm.
  • 019-070 8:55 PM · 1 min — President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm.
  • 019-071 8:55 PM · 2 min — Henry A. Kissinger and Charles W. Colson talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm.
  • 019-072 8:55 PM · 9 sec — Henry A. Kissinger and the White House operator talked on the telephone at an unknown time between 8:55 pm and 10:03 pm.

All 102 conversations from January 26, 1972 →

Cite this conversation

Conversation 019-068, January 26, 1972. White House Tapes, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives. Audio and AI transcript via Easy Nixon, https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/019-068 (accessed October 24, 2026).